Xiaomi MIUI 9 Announced: Top Features to Look Out For

Xiaomi launched its Mi 5X in an event on Wednesday and along with the latest Xiaomi dual-camera smartphone, the company announced its next custom UI offering - the MIUI 9. Here is a list of features and upgrades that Xiaomi will bring with the MIUI 9.

Xiaomi has announced the MIUI 9 in an event on Wednesday, along with its latest smartphone offering - the MIUI 9.
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Xiaomi has announced MIUI 9, its latest custom UI based on Android 7.0 Nougat. In an event on Wednesday, Xiaomi unveiled the MIUI 9 with claims to deliver a faster app launch time, improvements in resource allocation, new design and more. As per Xiaomi, its latest MIUI version will be available from August 11. Xiaomi Mi 5X, launched along with the MIUI 9, will run the new UI out-of-the-box.

The MIUI 9 comes with a Smart Assistant, a Smart App Launcher and an Image Search option along with a number of other new features. Here are is a list of top features and improvements that Xiaomi is bringing in its MIUI 9.

Faster App Load Time: The MIUI 9 has been said to optimise the system to reduce the overall loading time taken by an app, resulting in faster app loads.

Smart Assistant: The MIUI 9 will house a smart assistant that will help users search for almost anything on their Xiaomi smartphone, something that Bixby claims to do for Samsung devices.

Smart App Launcher: The smart app launcher will monitor the content on the screen and accordingly launch the appropriate apps.

Image Search: Through this MIUI 9 feature, users will be able to use keywords in order to differentiate images.

New Themes: Colour Fantasy, Cool Black, No Boundary and a new default theme will come with the MIUI 9

Lock Screen: New design and a shortcut to switch on the smartphone’s torch by a right swipe on the lock screen.

Split screen: The split screen feature just as seen in the Android 7.0 Nougat.

Xiaomi has stated that some of these features might not be included in the Global update and may just be limited to China.